Psychology (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Evaluation of movement programmes in the treatment of dyslexia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)Developmental dyslexia, or specific learning difficulty, is a prevalent condition, affecting up to 10% of the population, which can be severely disabling without early diagnosis and persistent and intensive remediation. ... -
Constructing a social psychological model of prejudice towards minorities : social identity, relative deprivation and widespread beliefs
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)A social psychological model of prejudice was developed based on Relative Deprivation and Social Identity Theory. This model emphasised social identification and comparison processes and was designed to predict prejudice ... -
A characterisation of cyclooxygenase activity in synaptic transmission and plasticity in the Hippocampus
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)We used in vivo electrophysiological techniques to investigate the role played by cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymatic activity in synaptic transmission and plasticity. The use of selective pharmacological antagonists for the ... -
Acculturation, adolescent mental health & youth suicide in modern Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2004)Since 1990, Ireland has witnessed a 400% increase in young, male suicide (Beagley, 1999) such that Ireland ranks 24th internationally in terms of its youth suicide rate (WHO, 2002) and 25th highest of 35 countries across ... -
Phantom sensation as experienced by people with a spinal cord injury
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2012)All the approaches in this thesis are linked by a common query: What is the meaning, structure and essence of the lived experience for a person with a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) who perceives phantom sensation and/or pain? ... -
The contribution of cognitive biases to the development and maintenance of smoking-related addiction in adolescents and adults
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2013)Anomalies between self-reported smoking intentions and actual smoking behaviour are common, yet few studies investigate both the explicit and implicit measurement of smoking cognitions within the same sample. Nor do many ... -
How children tell : containing the secret of child sexual abuse
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)Despite considerable empirical evidence that most adults do not disclose experiences of childhood sexual abuse until adulthood and many children who have been abused do not disclose this abuse when asked in a professional ... -
A computational study of the mammalian subiculum
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2007)The subiculum occupies a central position as the mediator of information flow between the hippocampal memory system and both cortical and subcortical brain structures. To further the goal of understanding how the subiculum ... -
Psychosocial adaptation to lower-limb amputation during the year following rehabilitation : a longitudinal and qualitative analysis
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Personality and family relations of children who bully
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Flight crew task performance and the requirements for a new tool supporting the pre-flight, flight planning and briefing task
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An Investigation of Physiological Arousal in Children with Autism and Co-morbid Challenging Behaviour
Challenging behaviour is prevalent among individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). While operant theory has allowed for the development of effective behavioural interventions for challenging behaviours such as ... -
Rehabilitation of Awareness of Deficits in Patients with Acquired Brain Injury: Applying a User-friendly Computerised Intervention Approach
This dissertation consists of three studies that examined the phenomenon of emergent awareness following acquired brain injury. Despite the putative influence that impaired emergent awareness can have on rehabilitation ...
